“Rocky IV” star Dolph Lundgren is celebrating his well being this vacation season.
The Swedish-born actor posted an replace from his hospital mattress earlier than surgical procedure earlier this week, saying he’s “lastly most cancers free with gratefulness and pleasure for a vibrant future.”
Within the video, Lundgren stated, “Right here I’m at UCLA, I’m about to go in and eliminate that final tumor. Since there aren’t any most cancers cells in my physique anymore, I assume I’ll be cancer-free so I’m trying ahead to this process.”
He defined he was present process a lung ablation, a minimally invasive process that makes use of heating or cooling mechanisms to destroy tumor tissue, per the Mayo Clinic.
“Rocky IV” star Dolph Lundgren introduced he’s “lastly cancer-free” in a video on social media. (Michael Tullberg/Getty Photos)
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“It’s been a tough trip and actually taught me how you can reside within the second and revel in each second of life. I imply, it’s the one solution to go,” Lundgren stated earlier than signing off to go into surgical procedure.
On Wednesday in his Instagram story, the actor shared a short replace, writing, “Thanks for your whole fantastic messages and supportive feedback.”
“It’s gonna take slightly extra to interrupt me,” he added, with a winking emoji, a nod to his well-known line in “Rocky IV” when he tells Sylvester Stallone, “I need to break you.”
Lundgren thanked followers for his or her help, writing, “It’s gonna take slightly extra to interrupt me,” a nod to his well-known line to Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky IV.” (Getty Photos)
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Lundgren was first recognized with most cancers in 2015 when medical doctors discovered a tumor in his kidney. The medical doctors had been capable of take away the tumor, and he remained cancer-free for 5 years.
“[I am] lastly most cancers free with gratefulness and pleasure for a vibrant future.”
Through the interview on “In Depth With Graham Bensinger,” he revealed medical doctors discovered a “few extra tumors across the space” in 2020 and eliminated six further tumors, however one had grown into the “measurement of a lemon” in his liver, and medical doctors had been unable to take away it.
“It wasn’t trying good,” informed Fox Information Digital in January of this 12 months. “I imply, there was a physician in London who mainly informed me it’s best to cease working and spend extra time with your loved ones. Then I noticed it was critical.”Â
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Nonetheless, the “Common Solider” star later realized his medical doctors had been “giving me the mistaken remedies as a result of they hadn’t actually checked on all of the biopsies.”Â
“I received a second opinion from a UCLA physician, and he or she went again and checked out all of the biopsies, and he or she stated, ‘Effectively, you realize, this can be a completely different mutation than what they stated,’” Lundgren recalled.
“They hadn’t checked it. They only assumed. As quickly as I received the brand new medicine, I began getting higher. And that was all [2022].”
Lundgren was recognized with most cancers in 2015, and at one level was given two years to reside earlier than searching for a second opinion. (Jeff Spicer/Getty Photos)
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“After which final 12 months, I eliminated all these tumors,” Lundgren recalled. “They freeze them out or use radiation. After which, you realize, now I am residing a traditional life, I might say. Besides I gotta go and do a scan each three months. However every little thing else is form of again to regular. So, it was scary and magical on the identical time.”
Fox Information Digital’s Ashley Hume and Larry Fink contributed to this report.
